Municipality Hoče - Slivnica

The municipality spreads between the Pohorje and the Drava plain. The municipality used its cultural and natural capacity for developing of tourism, especially winter tourism. The municipality also has an airport.

Municipality Hoče - Slivnica, which is part of the Podravska statistical region, measures 54 km2; this ranks it 125th among Slovene municipalities.

Statistical data for 2010 reveal the following:

In the middle of 2010 about 10,900 people (about 5,450 men and 5,450 women) were living in the municipality, which ranks Hoče - Slivnica 52nd among Slovene municipalities. The population density was 203 people per square kilometre, which was higher than the national average of 101 people per square kilometre.

The number of live births was higher than the number of deaths, which means that natural increase per 1,000 population in the municipality was positive. It was 2.9 (in Slovenia 1.8). The number of people who moved from the municipality was higher than the number of people who moved into the municipality, so net migration per 1,000 population in the municipality was negative. It was -0.1. The sum of natural increase and net migration per 1,000 population in the municipality was positive. It was 2.8 (in Slovenia 1.6).

The mean age of people in Hoče - Slivnica was 42.0 years, which was higher than the national average (41.6).

As in most Slovene municipalities, in Hoče - Slivnica the number of old people was higher than the number of young people: there were 122 people, aged 65 or more, per 100 people aged 0–14. This ratio shows that the value of the ageing index was higher than the national average of 117. It also shows that the mean age of people in Hoče - Slivnica is growing more rapidly than in Slovenia as a whole. Data by sex show that the ageing index for women was in all Slovene municipalities higher than the ageing index for men. In Hoče - Slivnica – as in most Slovene municipalities – more women were 65+ years old than 14 or less; as regards men the same number were 65+ years old as 14 or less.

Hoče - Slivnica had 3 kindergartens. They were attended by 321 children or 71% of all children aged 1–5, which was less than the national average of 74%. In the school year 2010/2011 elementary schools in Hoče - Slivnica were attended by about 790 pupils, while various upper secondary schools were attended by about 360 pupils. There were 45 students and 8 graduates per 1,000 people in the municipality; in Slovenia the averages were 52 per 1,000 and 10 per 1,000, respectively.

Among people aged 15–64 (i.e. working age population) about 59% were persons in employment (i.e. persons in paid employment or self-employed persons), which is the same as the national average.

The registered unemployment rate was 12.4%, which is more than the national average (10.7%). As in most Slovene municipalities, more women than men were unemployed.

In Hoče - Slivnica, average monthly gross earnings per person employed by legal persons were about 9% lower than the annual average of monthly earnings for Slovenia; and net earnings about 7% lower.

Every 20th person in the municipality was receiving at least one financial social assistance. In Slovenia as a whole every 22nd person received at least one financial social assistance.

The value of gross investment in new fixed assets in the municipality (EUR 753 per capita) was lower than the national average (EUR 2,176 per capita).

In 2010, there were 396 dwellings per 1,000 population. About 64% of dwellings had at least three rooms. Average size of dwellings in the municipality was 85 m2.

About every other person in Hoče - Slivnica had a car (53 passenger cars per 100 population); cars in this municipality were on average 8 years old.

In 2010, 318 kg of municipal waste per person was collected in Hoče - Slivnica, which is 71 kg less than on average in Slovenia.